John Woods (Pennsylvania)

John Woods (1761-16 December 1816) was a member of the US House of Representatives (F-PA 14) from 1815 to 1816, succeeding Adamson Tannehill and preceding Henry Baldwin.

Biography
John Woods was born in Bedford, Pennsylvania in 1761, and he was raised in Pittsburgh. He became a lawyer in 1781, served as a major in the militia, and moved to Washington County that same year. From 1788 to the mid-1790s, he controlled the legal system in Pittsburgh, and he went on to serve in the US House of Representatives from 1815 until his death in 1816.